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First Claim
1. A method for communicating product or service information to a potential purchaser, comprising:
- scanning, using an application downloaded from a server to a smartphone of a first user, a product or an item describing a service to obtain a product or service code that provides information about a product or service, wherein the application registers the first user with an advertiser code that uniquely identifies the first user;
generating a barcode, using the application on the smartphone of the first user, by combining the product or service code and the advertiser code of the first user, and wherein the advertiser code of the first user is encoded in the barcode; and
communicating the barcode to a communication device of a second user that is the potential purchaser of the product or service using a network, wherein the communication device of the second user downloads a second application to receive the barcode, and wherein when the barcode on the communication device of the second user is scanned at a point of sale (POS) terminal after the second user purchases the product or service, the barcode is decoded, revealing the advertiser code of the first user, and the first user identified by the advertiser code is compensated according to an incentive provided by vendor/retailer or manufacturer of the product or service.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating product or service information to a potential purchaser. A product or item describing a service are scanned to obtain both a product or service code and an advertisement promotion code provided by a vendor/retailer or manufacturer of the product or service using a smartphone of a first user. A barcode is generated on the smartphone by combining the product or service code and the advertisement promotion code with information from the smartphone associated with the product or service and with an advertiser code that uniquely identifies the first user. The barcode is communicated to a communication device of a second user that is the potential purchaser of the product or service. When the communication device is presented to a point of sale (POS) terminal, the terminal scans the barcode, decodes the barcode, and compensates the first user according to the advertisement promotion code.
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1. A method for communicating product or service information to a potential purchaser, comprising:
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scanning, using an application downloaded from a server to a smartphone of a first user, a product or an item describing a service to obtain a product or service code that provides information about a product or service, wherein the application registers the first user with an advertiser code that uniquely identifies the first user; generating a barcode, using the application on the smartphone of the first user, by combining the product or service code and the advertiser code of the first user, and wherein the advertiser code of the first user is encoded in the barcode; and communicating the barcode to a communication device of a second user that is the potential purchaser of the product or service using a network, wherein the communication device of the second user downloads a second application to receive the barcode, and wherein when the barcode on the communication device of the second user is scanned at a point of sale (POS) terminal after the second user purchases the product or service, the barcode is decoded, revealing the advertiser code of the first user, and the first user identified by the advertiser code is compensated according to an incentive provided by vendor/retailer or manufacturer of the product or service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for communicating product or service information to a potential purchaser, comprising:
a smartphone of a first user that scans, using an application downloaded from a server, wherein the application allows the smartphone of the first user to scan a product or item describing a service a product to obtain a product or service code that provides information about a product or service, wherein the application registers the first user with an advertiser code that uniquely identifies the first user, generates a bar code, using the application on the smartphone of the first user, by combining the product or service code and the advertiser code of the first user, wherein the product or service code and the advertiser code of the first user are encoded in the barcode, communicates the barcode to a communication device of a second user that is the potential purchaser of the product or service using a network, wherein the communication device of the second user downloads a second application to receive the barcode, and wherein when the barcode on the communication device of the second user is scanned a point of sale (POS) terminal after the second user purchases the product or service, the barcode is decoded, revealing the advertiser code of the first user, and the first user identified by the advertiser code is compensated according to an incentive provided by vendor/retailer or manufacturer of the product or service. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An advertising system to providing incentives and compensation to a user of a smartphone to communicating product or service information to a potential purchaser, the method comprising:
an advertising system computer server that generates a product or service code for identifying a product or service, allows the product or service code to be placed in an RFID or a QR code on the product or an item describing the service, sends an application to a smartphone of a first user, wherein the application that is downloaded on the smartphone registers the first user with an advertiser code that uniquely identifies the first user, wherein the first user uses the application that is downloaded on the smartphone of the first user to scan the RFID or a QR code on the product or an item describing the service and wherein the smartphone generates a barcode, using the application, by combining the product or service code and the advertiser code of the first user, wherein the product or service code and the advertiser code of the first user are encoded in the barcode, and communicates the barcode to a communication device of a second user that is the potential purchaser of the product or service using a network, wherein the communication device of the second user downloads a second application to receive the barcode, and wherein when the barcode on the communication device of the second user is scanned at a point of sale (POS) terminal after the second user purchases the product or service, the barcode is decoded, revealing the advertiser code of the first user, and the first user identified by the advertiser code is compensated according to an incentive provided by vendor/retailer or manufacturer of the product or service. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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